Facebook-owned sites were down • Hacker News Board

Re: Facebook-owned sites were down

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Post by YPPH » Mon, Oct 04, 2021, 4:13 PM UTC

rainboiboi wrote: post #40

Just wondering - would the engineer who made the mistake be fired?

This question doesn't deserve downvotes. While the answer is quite clearly in the negative (this will be a process failure, not a human failure), it looks as though it was asked in good faith, and might not be so obvious to those outside the industry.

Vote buttons are not a substitute for proper responses to legitimate enquiry.

Re: Facebook-owned sites were down

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Post by _bne7 » Mon, Oct 04, 2021, 4:13 PM UTC

m-chrzan wrote: post #91

finolex1 wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I get that this in jest, but a lot of people rely on Whatsapp and FB Messenger for messaging.

A lot of people, out of habit, rely on high fructose corn syrup for calories.

Here in Europe, WhatsApp actually powers many neighborhood watch groups, and so when it goes down, basically a formal crime reporting system also goes down.

Re: Facebook-owned sites were down

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Post by tannhaeuser » Mon, Oct 04, 2021, 4:13 PM UTC

Expecting to get messages on WhatsApp alternatives tonight ...

Re: Facebook-owned sites were down

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Post by blowski » Mon, Oct 04, 2021, 4:13 PM UTC

ozfive wrote: post #37

RedShift1 wrote: post #7

Nothing of value was lost

This cannot be said enough.

On the contrary, it's said far too much. Facebook is extremely valuable for a lot of people. I dislike Facebook as much as most people on here, but saying "it's totally pointless" is silly and it's not surprising that those who say it are ignored by those who use Facebook.

Re: Facebook-owned sites were down

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Post by walrus01 » Mon, Oct 04, 2021, 4:14 PM UTC

subsaharancoder wrote: post #96

RedShift1 wrote: post #7

Nothing of value was lost

A lot of people, many of them home based businesses, also rely on FB Marketplace as a primary source of income.

for one example of this look at certain ethnic food catering/delivery services that exist in many major cities and operate almost exclusively on facebook.

Re: Facebook-owned sites were down

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Post by nwatson » Mon, Oct 04, 2021, 4:14 PM UTC

I guess the "prophets" at Victory Channel / Flashpoint called down Holy Fire on the Facebook infrastructure in retribution ... https://youtu.be/FbSkFuvqFdA?t=1127 . (I'm an Evangelical Christian but those folks are nuts ... Mario Murillo, Lance Wallnau, Hank Kunneman, Gene Bailey, etc.)

Re: Facebook-owned sites were down

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Post by johnbaker92 » Mon, Oct 04, 2021, 4:14 PM UTC

Let this be permanent - not a huge loss for humanity.

Re: Facebook-owned sites were down

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Post by sakisv » Mon, Oct 04, 2021, 4:14 PM UTC

jaywalk wrote: post #71

zulln wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In the beginning it responded but gave server errors.

Which seems to indicate a massive infrastructure failure.

Actually I'd argue that the biggest problem would be to wait for the TTL to expire after you've fixed the problem.

Re: Facebook-owned sites were down

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Post by i_like_apis » Mon, Oct 04, 2021, 4:14 PM UTC

bubblehack3r wrote: post #94

Their stock is down 5% too. Everything is down for them today ;)

Great dip to buy. (I'm not a facebook zealot, but you know it will recover today or tomorrow once the DNS is sorted in an hour or two)

Of course there is the whistle-blower issue too...

Re: Facebook-owned sites were down

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Post by mitigating » Mon, Oct 04, 2021, 4:14 PM UTC

m-chrzan wrote: post #91

finolex1 wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I get that this in jest, but a lot of people rely on Whatsapp and FB Messenger for messaging.

A lot of people, out of habit, rely on high fructose corn syrup for calories.

How is that a good comparison? Not everyone uses Facebook out of habit, some businesses need it, and it can be used for good things as well as bad because it's just a medium in which people post content

Yes how that content is presented, ranked, etc is controlled by Facebook but that contribution is less than the content itself.

It would be better to say it's the spoon in which someone could eat a sugary cereal or something healthy.